Ag prices and trends, both in the U.S. and around the world, affect producers of sizes in all ag commodities. Economist Brett Stuart, founding partner of Global Agritrends , recently presented a review of 2023 and a look forward to 2024, beginning with inflation. Stuart said political leaders around...

Can canola meal offer sound nutrition to your newborn calves? To answer this question, Dr. Greg Penner with University of Saskatchewan recently prevented “Canola Meal in Starter Mixtures for Dairy Calves: Improving Utilization By Focusing on Gut Development,” hosted by AMTS and Canolamaz!ng. In his ...

Dr. Robert James, professor emeritus, Virginia Tech University, said the primary goal in managing dairy calves is to raise the highest quality heifers to maximize profit when they enter the milking herd. “Calves are an investment,” said James. “Some of the returns are long-term. It’s important to th...

There are a lot of things hunters need to worry about: firearm safety, weather conditions, private property boundaries, creatures other than deer in the woods. In addition, depending on where they’re hunting, they need to be concerned with a deadly deer disease. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a pr...

According to Brook Duer, staff attorney for the Penn State Law School’s Center for Agricultural and Shale Law, dairy farmers have a number of programs which can help them obtain the income and revenue protection they need. “For many, many decades,” he explained, “dairy did not have anything. It’s no...

There’s evidence that lush vegetation was once common in the Sahara Desert. “ The Sahara Desert – Yes, That One – Remarkably Grows Green Every 21,000 Years ” was the headline of an article in the Oct. 17 edition of Popular Mechanics. Writer Tim Newcomb explained that this historically famous wastela...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) recently hosted a seminar to help farmers prepare their cattle herd for winter. This session was led by NCBA’s Director and Producer of Education Michaela Clowser and taught by Dr. Karla Wilke, a cow/calf stocker management specialist at the Universit...

Agriculture can be a risky business. Equipment, chemicals, livestock and infrastructure such as grain bins or manure pits are just a few of the dangers that farmers interact with on a daily basis. Other, perhaps less obvious dangers include slippery surfaces, ropes and cords that can cause trips and...

PACES, VA – Earl McDaniel has been raising high-quality commercial cattle at Toby Creek Farm in Halifax Co., VA, for 45 years. A native of Tidewater Virginia, McDaniel came to Southside Virginia when he married his wife and moved to her homeplace, a former tobacco farm. McDaniel lost his wife Debora...